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       CODE: 585.685-054 Buy the DOT:Download/CD-ROM
TITLE(s): GIG TENDER (textile) alternate titles: gigger
Tends machine that raises and sets direction of fiber on surface of woolen cloth, imparting soft
and lofty hand to cloth: Mounts roll of cloth on shaft at feed-end of machine, using hoist. Sews end
of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine. Turns handwheels to raise or lower
contact rollers that press cloth against gigging cylinder to control amount of nap. Turns valves to
admit water into wet-out boxes. Starts machine and processes cloth back and forth through machine
until nap has been raised according to specifications. Relaxes pressure on contact rollers and
processes cloth through machine to set direction of nap. Doffs rolls of cloth from delivery end of
machine. May tend machine equipped with steaming roller rather than wet-out boxes and be designated
Steam Gigger (textile).
GOE: 06.04.16 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 77
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